حصان

Arabic

Etymology

From ح ص ن‎ (ḥ-ṣ-n), meaning to be inaccessible, to be fortified, to be hidden away, to be prized.[1] [2]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ħi.sˤaːn/
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Noun

حِصَان • (ḥiṣān) m (plural أَحْصِنَة‎ (ʾaḥṣina) or حُصُن‎ (ḥuṣun))

  1. horse
  2. stallion, stud, sire
  3. (chess) knight
  4. horsepower

Declension
Declension of noun حِصَان (ḥiṣān)
Singular basic singular triptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal حِصَان
ḥiṣān		 الْحِصَان‎
al-ḥiṣān		 حِصَان
ḥiṣān
Nominative حِصَانٌ
ḥiṣānun		 الْحِصَانُ‎
al-ḥiṣānu		 حِصَانُ
ḥiṣānu
Accusative حِصَانًا‎
ḥiṣānan		 الْحِصَانَ‎
al-ḥiṣāna		 حِصَانَ
ḥiṣāna
Genitive حِصَانٍ
ḥiṣānin		 الْحِصَانِ‎
al-ḥiṣāni		 حِصَانِ
ḥiṣāni
Dual Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal حِصَانَيْن‎
ḥiṣānayn		 الْحِصَانَيْن‎
al-ḥiṣānayn		 حِصَانَيْ‎
ḥiṣānay
Nominative حِصَانَانِ‎
ḥiṣānāni		 الْحِصَانَانِ‎
al-ḥiṣānāni		 حِصَانَا‎
ḥiṣānā
Accusative حِصَانَيْنِ‎
ḥiṣānayni		 الْحِصَانَيْنِ‎
al-ḥiṣānayni		 حِصَانَيْ‎
ḥiṣānay
Genitive حِصَانَيْنِ‎
ḥiṣānayni		 الْحِصَانَيْنِ‎
al-ḥiṣānayni		 حِصَانَيْ‎
ḥiṣānay
Plural broken plural triptote in ـَة (-a)‎; basic broken plural triptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal أَحْصِنَة‎‎; حُصُن‎
ʾaḥṣina‎; ḥuṣun		 الْأَحْصِنَة‎‎; الْحُصُن‎
al-ʾaḥṣina‎; al-ḥuṣun		 أَحْصِنَة‎‎; حُصُن‎
ʾaḥṣinat‎; ḥuṣun
Nominative أَحْصِنَةٌ‎‎; حُصُنٌ‎
ʾaḥṣinatun‎; ḥuṣunun		 الْأَحْصِنَةُ‎‎; الْحُصُنُ‎
al-ʾaḥṣinatu‎; al-ḥuṣunu		 أَحْصِنَةُ‎‎; حُصُنُ‎
ʾaḥṣinatu‎; ḥuṣunu
Accusative أَحْصِنَةً‎‎; حُصُنًا‎
ʾaḥṣinatan‎; ḥuṣunan		 الْأَحْصِنَةَ‎‎; الْحُصُنَ‎
al-ʾaḥṣinata‎; al-ḥuṣuna		 أَحْصِنَةَ‎‎; حُصُنَ‎
ʾaḥṣinata‎; ḥuṣuna
Genitive أَحْصِنَةٍ‎‎; حُصُنٍ‎
ʾaḥṣinatin‎; ḥuṣunin		 الْأَحْصِنَةِ‎‎; الْحُصُنِ‎
al-ʾaḥṣinati‎; al-ḥuṣuni		 أَحْصِنَةِ‎‎; حُصُنِ‎
ʾaḥṣinati‎; ḥuṣuni

Synonyms

Descendants

See also
Chess pieces in Arabic · (layout · text)
شَاه‎ (šāh) وَزِير‎ (wazīr) رُخّ‎ (ruḵḵ) فِيل‎ (fīl) حِصَان (ḥiṣān) بَيْدَق‎ (baydaq) – جُنْدِيّ‎ (jundiyy)

References
  1. “حصن” in Edward William Lane (1863), Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, pages 586-587, meaning to be unapproachable, to inaccessible or difficult to access especially from height, to be fortified, to covet, to be an object which one is miserly about, to hide away from others, to be prized, one's spouse, a high-bred horse desirable for breeding, a stallion or stud.
  2. Upton, Roger D. (1881). Travels in the Arabian Desert.

Egyptian Arabic

Noun

حصان • (ḥúṣān) m , أحصنة‎ (ʾaḥṣína) pl

  1. horse

Hijazi Arabic
حُصان

Etymology

From Arabic حِصَان‎ (ḥiṣān).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ħuˈsˤaːn/

Noun

حُصَان • (ḥuṣān) m

(plural أحصنة‎ ‎(ʾaḥṣina))
  1. horse
  2. stallion
  3. (chess) knight

Synonyms
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